Sumerpur | |
|---|---|
Hamlet | |
 Map of Sumerpur CD block | |
  Sumerpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°16′52″N 80°48′09″E / 26.281116°N 80.802436°E[1] | |
| Country India |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Unnao |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi|Avadhi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-35 |
Sumerpur is a hamlet of the village Chhanchhi Rai Khera, in Purwa tehsil of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] Located 26km south of Purwa and 50km southeast of Unnao, Sumerpur serves as the headquarters of a community development block as well as a nyaya panchayat.[2] Sumerpur block was first established on 2 October 1955 in order to oversee implementation of India's Five-Year Plans at a local and rural level.[2] As of 2011, the block comprises 148 villages and has a total population of 151,933 people in 28,469 households.[3]
Sumerpur has a library, a primary healthcare centre, an artificial insemination centre, and a veterinary hospital.[2] The main crops are wheat, barley, gram, juwar, bajra, and paddy.[2] Irrigation is provided by a canal and by wells.[2] Sumerpur is located in the historical pargana of Bihar, which is 4km to the northeast and connected to Sumerpur by an unmetalled road.[2]
Sumerpur hosts a market twice per week, on Thursdays and Sundays, with vegetables and cloth being the main items of business.[4] As of 1961, its average attendance was about 300 people.[4]
- ^ "GeoNames Search". geonames.nga.mil. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Baghel, Amar Singh (1979). Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Unnao. Rampur: Government Press. pp. 150–2, 273. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 416–41. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ a b Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. p. 157. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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